VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Screaming Trees – ‘All I Know’

August 25, 2017

Emerging from the Pacific north-west alongside bands such as Mudhoney, Melvins and of course Nirvana, Screaming Trees may not have grabbed as many headlines, but they did nonetheless make an indelible impression on the alt.rock scene of the 90s.

Blending blues and psychedelia with heavy metal and punk, Screaming Trees created a sound that was a remove away from what you might expect and in doing so created an identity that was entirely their own.

Fronted by the nicotine-stained baritone of frontman Mark Lanegan, ‘All I Know’ became a radio hit in the US while the parent album, ‘Dust’, was not only the band’s last LP, it was also NME’s Number Six Album Of The Year while sitting atop of Kerrang’s end of year round up.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Bill Withers – ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE – ‘SIGHTSEE MC’

The closing track of Big Audio Dynamite’s second album ‘No. 10 Upping Street’ found not only former Clash members Mick Jones and Joe Strummer sharing production duties but also cult movie director Jim Jarmusch helming the video.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: THE STONE ROSES – ‘FOOLS GOLD’

Few bands come to define their generation, and even fewer get to deliver a TV performance that draws a clear line in the sand between what went before and what’s about to come hurtling down the tracks. And nobody does it with this kind of swagger.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: DEATH IN VEGAS – ‘SCORPIO RISING’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Billy Joel ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’

Whatever you think of the concept – and millennial audiences may certainly raise their eyebrows at the Baby Boomer rundown of the Luckiest Generation’s trials and tribulations – there’s no denying that ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ had the cultural impact of a meteor strike.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK – Jeff Buckley ‘Hallelujah’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Harry Nilsson – ‘Jump Into The Fire’

Memorably used by Martin Scorsese in the classic 1990 gangster flick ‘Goodfellas’ and covered by LCD Soundsystem, this clip of Harry Nilsson’s rocker is taken from the little-seen Ringo Starr-produced musical comedy, ‘Son Of Dracula’…

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Dave Brubeck Quartet – ‘Take Five’

On the week of what would have been Dave Brubeck’s 97th birthday, it’s entirely apposite that we should pause to celebrate his considerable talent and luxuriate in one of the most famous jazz standards ever committed to posterity.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: HERBIE HANCOCK – ‘ROCKIT’

Having worked with the likes of Miles Davis – where he helped redefine the role of the jazz rhythm section as well composing classics such as ‘Watermelon Man’ and ‘Cantaloupe Island’ – Herbie Hancock’s credentials were well established.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: MGMT – ‘Kids’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Justin Hayward – ‘Forever Autumn’

Though the monumental concept album, ‘Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds’ has been re-imagined for a new generation of music fans, the original 1978 telling of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi tale is the one that resonates the most.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: The Stranglers – ‘Skin Deep’

Though they’ll forever be associated with the white-hot blast of fury that was punk rock, The Stranglers not only outlasted many of their contemporaries, they continued to score hits long after their competitors bit the dust…

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Super Furry Animals – ‘Golden Retriever’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Screaming Trees – ‘All I Know’

Emerging from the Pacific north-west alongside bands such as Mudhoney, Melvins and of course Nirvana, Screaming Trees may not have grabbed as many headlines, but they did nonetheless make an indelible impression on the alt.rock scene of the 90s.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Argent – ‘Hold Your Head Up’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Midnight Oil – ‘Beds Are Burning’

Following the news that Australia’s enviro-rockers Midnight Oil have reformed and are embarking on their biggest tour to date, it’s entirely timely that we play this international hit as we prepare to say ‘G’day’ to them once again.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: The The – ‘Infected’

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: The Psychedelic Furs – ‘Love My Way’

One of the great rock’n’roll ‘what-ifs’ is pondering what The Psychdelic Furs would’ve sounded like had they actually managed to secure David Bowie to occupy the producer’s chair for their third studio album, ‘Forever Now’.